Dewitt

See also: DeWitt, de Witt, and De Witt

English

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Etymology

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

Proper noun

Dewitt (plural Dewitts)

  1. A surname from Dutch.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census (not recording the use of punctuation marks or capitals), DEWITT is the 1338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26348 individuals. DEWITT is most common among White (87.58%) individuals.

Verb

Dewitt (third-person singular simple present Dewitts, present participle Dewitting, simple past and past participle Dewitted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lynch.

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